Ferment
by Catherine Wheel
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Catherine Wheel bestography
Ferment is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Catherine Wheel on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Catherine Wheel is Chrome which is ranked number 2773 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 566.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Ferment track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Ferment rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rivera | 201-300 | 60/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 701-800 | 72/100 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 69/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 56/100 | 45 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 62 Music Albums of 1992 | 26/62 | 3 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1992 | 15/92 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1992 | 36/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 69/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 107 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 455 | |||
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Ferment ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/22/2026 19:13 |  Tamthebam | 23,372 | 69/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2026 15:29 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2026 02:56 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,700 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 77.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.
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Ferment forum mentions
Romanelli 11/07/2023 19:41 in What album are you listening to right now? Romanelli 05/24/2023 15:36 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Ropin' The WindFerment comments
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I enjoyed this album a lot. It may be not as good as Loveless or Ride's Nowhere, but it's a very good shoegazing record. It's a consistent album, there is not a low point here, it's energetic, fun and dreamy at the same time. It's recommended to any shoegazing fans.
My track picks are:
'I Want to Touch You', 'Black Metallic', and 'Flower to Hide'.
ProfessorSquid 04/21/2013 01:51 | #74047 | TOP COMMENT
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I wish I'd known about this when I was nine. I would have been the coolest kid in the fourth grade.
Acktland 07/30/2019 08:59 | #240543 | TOP COMMENT
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I think the album starts strongly from "Texture" to "She's My Friend", followed by a slight dip and right back with "Flower To Hide". Great interplay from the two guitars and always banging bass and drums. Somehow I've only just found this gem but so happy I have - listen and enjoy
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/26/2013 22:13 | #98834 | TOP COMMENT
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Always written off as a bit of a joke and not cool enough. Maybe to do with the singer being bruce dickinsons cousin. Not sure but I always thought this was a great album. Saw them.live too very good.
Nobody has a sound like this band. Sonic, explosive and gripping. Like being in a dreamworld with an adrenaline rush.
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